15 Bible Verses about Attempting To Kill Specific People

But the high priests consulted, that they might slay Lazarus also;

And, wishing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because they were holding him as a prophet.

And Herodias was holding it against him, and was wishing to kill him; and she could not;

And they, hearing it, were being convulsed with rage, and were taking counsel to slay them.

And, when many days were completed, the Jews took counsel together to kill him; but their plot became known to Saul. And they were watching the gates also, both day and night, that they might kill him;

preaching boldly in the name of the Lord; and he was speaking and disputing with the Helenists; but they were attempting to kill him;

And, as they were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion;

Now, therefore, do ye with the Sanhedrin signify to the chief captain that he bring him down to you, as if ye would ascertain more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him.

But there came thither Jews from Antioch and Iconium; and, having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, they drew him outside the city, supposing him to have died.

And, when it was day, the Jews, making a conspiracy, bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink, till they had killed Paul.

who, indeed, going to the high priests and elders, said, "We bound ourselves under a curse to taste of nothing until we kill Paul.

Be not, therefore, persuaded by them; for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him; who, indeed, bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor drink, till they should kill him; and now they are ready, expecting the promise from you."

On account of these things, Jews, seizing me in the temple, were attempting to kill me.

asking it as a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush, to kill him on the way.

Now it was the plan of the soldiers to kill the prisoners, lest any one, swimming out, might escape.